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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1909

314 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 16 of 16

Suffocation of Cattle. a Captain Prosecuted. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 December 1909 · page 8

News has been rece[?]ed in Sydney that Captain Haraldson, of the steamer Nord, is be[?]ng prosecuted by the Manila authorites for carrying cattle…

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Decrease in Wool Carried by Rail. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 December 1909 · page 4

Owing to the strike there has so far been a decrease of 20,146 bales in wool carried by rail as compared with last year…

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In the Northern District. Much Distress Existing. Collectors Amongst the Farmers. Newcastle

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 December 1909 · page 4

Muck distress already exists in the district. Collectors are out amongst the farmers getting liberal assistance…

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A Big Wheat Harvest. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 December 1909 · page 8

An authority on the wheat harvest says that he believes that the harvest of this season will reach 24,000,000 bushels, instead of 21,000,000 bushels,…

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Bush Fires in Victoria. Immense Damage Done. Twenty Thousand Bags of Wheat Destroyed. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 December 1909 · page 4

Immense damage has been done by bush fires in the Wooroonooke district (Victoria). Over 20,000 bags[?]of wheat have been destroyed. The losses are…

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New South Wales. Yarded Sheep Perish. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 December 1909 · page 2

About a fortnight ago 1600 sheep were yarded at edgerton Park, near Coonamble. It was forgotten to liberate them, and after eight days the…

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Nuntherungie Shearing Dispute. a Question of Wet Sheep. Serious Difference of Opinion. Eleven Shearers Fined. Notice of Appeal Given

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 December 1909 · page 6

The correspondent of "The Miner at White Ch[?]s sends the following report of the Police Court proceedings in connection with the Nu[?]therungio…

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Farmer's Terrible Plight

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 December 1909 · page 8

A bush fire has occurred at Tatura, in the Goulburn Valley. Everything in the way was licked up by the flames as though it were…

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Farmers Homeless

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 December 1909 · page 8

The most disastrous bush fire that has ever occurred in the Chirrup, Wooroonooke, and Granite Flat districts, near Donald, in the Eastern Mallee,…

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Not for the Farmer

Western Grazier · Saturday 25 December 1909 · page 3

A railway company wanted to run a new line through a certain farmer's land against his wish. One day the farmer was not overplea[?] to receive a visit from the company's…

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Thrown Out of a Cart. a Farmer Injured. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 December 1909 · page 6

P. Culley, a farmer of Laguna, was thrown out of a cart yesterday. His thigh was fractured and his shoulder injured through the wheel passing over…

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Rabbits in West Australia. Farmers Urged to Enclose Holdings. with RABBlT-PROOF FENCES. Perth

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 December 1909 · page 8

Rabbits are now plentiful between the fences erected to exclude them from the south-west portion of the State. The Agricultural Department is…

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A Serious Charge. Well-known Farmer Arrested. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 December 1909 · page 4

On Wednesday evening a farm laborer named Thomas Taylor called at the Willaura Police Station, 23 miles from Ararat, and laid an information…

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A Farmer's Escape

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 December 1909 · page 8

A serious fire occurred at Sheep Hills, Victoria, on Tuesday. It is supposed to have got away from men who were burning along the sides of…

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